Vulgar words in Hetty's Strange History (Page 1)
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To the old man's dying day he used to grow red in the face whenever he told the story, and bring his fist down hard on the table, with "damn the leg, sir!
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It 's just as paralyzed as the other: damn those British rascals."
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To avoid saying "damn" was manifestly impossible: the word slipped out perpetually without giving him warning; as soon as he heard it, however, his righteous soul remorsefully followed up the syllable by,-- "Bress the Lord," in Stentorian tones.
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Everybody who came to "Gunn's" went away and said,-- "Have you heard the new oath Cæsar Gunn swears with since he got religion?" and "Damn bress the Lord" soon became a very by-word in the town.
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"Damn--bress de Lord" was still heard on occasion: but everybody, even Nan, had grown so used to it that it did not pass for an oath; and, no doubt, even the recording angel had long since ceased to put it down.
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Nan, with inarticulate groans, and Cæsar with, "Damn!
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damn!
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No, damn!
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damn!
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Oh, damn!
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damn!